Noun: perimeter pu'ri-mi-tu(r)
- A line enclosing a plane area
"They walked around the perimeter of the field"
- The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
"Security guards patrolled the perimeter of the compound";
- margin, border
- The size of something as given by the distance around it
"The security team patrolled the perimeter of the compound";
- circumference
Derived forms: perimeters
Type of: bound, boundary, edge, line, size
Encyclopedia: Perimeter